iranGharibabadi slams US's excessive demands

Iran’s ambassador to the Vienna-based international organizations has outlined some of the US and its allies’ excessive demands in talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. Kazem Gharibabadi said the US has demanded talks on Iran’s regional influence and its missile program conditional for lifting sanctions and the full implementation of the nuclear deal. He noted that the US refusal to lift arms embargo on Iran is in clear contradiction with Security Council Resolution 22-31. The Iranian diplomat said Washington has also refused to remove more than 500 individuals and entities blacklisted during the former US administration. Gharibabadi added, the US has also failed to give assurances that it would not repeat the behavior of the previous administration in case of the full implementation of the deal. Iran and the remaining signatories to the nuclear deal have been holding talks in Vienna since May.